# Using fields query parameter on showing a single resource

**URL:** <https://discuss.jsonapi.org/t/using-fields-query-parameter-on-showing-a-single-resource/2489>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 17, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.jsonapi.org/t/using-fields-query-parameter-on-showing-a-single-resource/2489 "2022-08-17T08:16:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![spyralehandr0s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@spyralehandr0s](https://discuss.jsonapi.org/u/spyralehandr0s)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 8:16am UTC](https://discuss.jsonapi.org/t/using-fields-query-parameter-on-showing-a-single-resource/2489/1 "2022-08-17T08:16:26Z")

</div>

I want to query a single resource out of which I only need one field (title).  
Is it a good practice to use the fields query parameter on showing a single resource? Is this a violation of the JSON API specification?

ie `customers/1?fields[customers]=title`

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![fdrake](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.jsonapi.org/fdrake/32/654_2.png) [@fdrake](https://discuss.jsonapi.org/u/fdrake)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://discuss.jsonapi.org/t/using-fields-query-parameter-on-showing-a-single-resource/2489/2 "2022-08-17T20:56:20Z")

</div>

This is entirely reasonable.

-Fred